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As opposed to perhaps a vegetarian meal? Otherwise, yes, it's a buffet meal. Steve

Agree, Gil, but we're not going to get anywhere close to that 'buy tickets to seminars' thing. That would instantly get rumored around that we were charging everyone for going to seminars and that would be an ugly mess to straighten out. And, as Jim said, that should be one of the perks of membership and registration. Steve

You're welcome, John. See you there. Steve

Guys, Here's the menu for the buffet at the banquet. And yes, it's is served buffet style. However, I wouldn't be concerned about running out of anything. And I can tell you from personal experience, these people make good Italian food. Steve Italian Buffet Dinner Caesar Salad Crisp Romaine, Garlic Croutons and Parmesan Cheese Creamy Caesar Dressing (On the Side) Tomato and Buffalo Mozzarella Salad Rigatoni Pasta Salad Grilled Vegetables Tossed with Rigatoni Pasta, Olives and Parmesan Cheese Fettuccini Alfredo with Grilled Chicken Meat Lasagna Penne Pasta Primavera Bread Sticks Olive Oil Bread with Rosemary and Sea Salt (Cut into Squares) Individual Assorted Panacatta / Based on 3 Per Person Lemon Coconut White Chocolate Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee, Hot Tea and Ice Tea

To clarify, general admission allows entry into the vendor room and the contest room but does not permit you to enter models in the contest or for display nor entry into the seminars or IPMS/USA meetings. Steve

I will get specific information from the hotel and post it here as soon as possible. To my knowledge, it will be identical to the 2010 banquet, where you get in line and serve yourself. It worked very well then and I'm pretty sure nobody went away hungry. Steve

Thanks, Ralph. Sorry you can't make it. We'll miss seeing you. Steve

Yes, Nick, the train would go west from the 44th St Metro Station to get to the 3rs St/Washington stop. Walk west to the first corner, which will be 2nd Street. Turn right and the hotel will be in view a short block north of you on the left. Please let us know if there are any more questions. We'll be glad to help you in any way we can. Steve

And SprueBrothers is supporting us, too. As you'll see when you get to the show. Steve

Nick is correct. Light Rail is quick, convenient, and inexpensive. Nearest stop is about a block away. Lots of pelicans in the area if you don't want to make the walk, though. Also, Uber and Lyft are very active in the vicinity of the airport and it's about a 5-10 minute ride. Steve

What sort of rumors are you hearing, Jorge? Steve

Mike, As you can see, it's an on-going process. As new vendors sign up and send in their contract, Kevin gathers their information and updates the map and forwards it to Tim, our webguy. tim, in turn, updates the website with the new list and the new version of the map. Hope to see you in August. Steve

After a quick glance at the Tours page on our website, I noticed that the way the Pima tour blurb is written, it is implied that you need an advance reservation and security check to go to the Pima museum. What it really means (and this is being corrected immediately) is that these two things are only needed for the AMARG tour that is run from the Pima Air and Space Museum onto Davis Monthan Air Force Base. My apologies for any misunderstanding this may have caused. If you know of someone who decided not to do the Pima tour because of this, please let them know of the correct information. For those of you wondering if it’s worth the trip back to Pima, since you were just there in 2010, below is a list of aircraft of some of the 53 aircraft that have been added to the collection since then. Some (noted with an asterisk) are not on display but are visible from museum grounds. The remainder of the new acquisitions not shown here are undergoing restoration and aren’t available to the public. It’s a growing collection, with many of the aircraft now located indoors in well-lit, well-air conditioned buildings and hangars. Definitely worth the trip. Aeritalia C-27A Spartan* Beechcraft RC-12K Guardrail* Beechcraft TC-12B Huron* Beechcraft T-34C* Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Bell P-39N Airacobra Boeing 727-022* Boeing 737-300 Boeing 787-8 Boeing-Vertol CH-46E* Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer Curtis F6C-4 Hawk Curtiss P-40E Warhawk** (may be on display by August) Dassault HU-25A Guardian Dassault Mystere IV De Havilland T35 Vampire Douglas A-24B Banshee Douglas C-9B Skytrain II Douglas DC-10-10 English Electric Lightning Mk.53 Fouga CM-170 Magister General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon Grumman EA-6B Prowler Hawker Siddeley GR.3 Harrier Hawker Siddeley TAV-8A Harrier Hawker Siddeley Kestrel Ilyushin Il-2m Shturmovik* Lockheed C-60 Lodestar McDonnell FH-1 Phantom McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MLD Flogger K Mil Mi-24D Hind Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi NASA Mini-Sniffer II North American F-86E Sabre Sepecat GR.3 Jaguar Sikorsky MH-53M Pave Low IV Supermarine FR XIVe Spitfire Westland AH.1 Gazelle Westland AH.7 Lynx Westland HMA.8 Lynx * In storage but visible from museum grounds.

Pete, You should receive a receipt from the shopping cart system when you complete your transaction. As Jim said, that will function as your confirmation since Jim uses an electronic copy of that (minus your payment method information) to enter you into the registration system. If your information is correct on that receipt, it should be correct in Jim's registration system. If it is still a concern, I can get with Jim and do what I can to allay that concern. Steve

As Nick was saying above, approach the TSA with the right attitude and you shouldn't have any problems. You can also request that they hand check the container with the models because of their delicacy. It's worked for me. And most recently, I've used small clear plastic containers made by a company called Snapware because of the way the lids attach and the convenient handles. No endorsement, no attachment, just what I found to be practical. Steve